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James Harvey Young (1) (1915–2006)

Author of The medical messiahs : a social history of health quackery in twentieth-century America

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Works by James Harvey Young

The medical messiahs : a social history of health quackery in twentieth-century America (1967) 36 copies

The toadstool millionaires; a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation (1961) 26 copies

American Health Quackery (1992) 14 copies

Pure food : securing the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 (1989) 10 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Young, James Harvey
Birthdate: 1915-09-08
Date of death: 2006-07-29
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education: University of Illinois

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American Health Quackery (Princeton Legacy Library,… by James Harvey Young

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The toadstool millionaires; a social history of patent medicines in America before Federal regulation (American Scene – 1961)

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D.C. Washington, 1970 Evans, Frank Bernard, ; Pinkett, Harold T., Conference on Research in the Administration of Public Policy

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Works: 4
Members: 86
Popularity: #213,013
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 16

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